GRANT OF OPTIONS

    GRANT OF OPTIONS
             



Spectrum Interactive plc (SIN: LN), the public internet and  payphone
operator, announces that  it granted yesterday  under the EMI  Option
Scheme, in aggregate,  745,000 options  to certain  employees of  the
Company.  The options are exercisable at 12.25p per share; the  first
50 per cent. are exercisable at any time after the first  anniversary
of the date  of grant and  the balance of  50 per cent.  at any  time
after the second anniversary of the  date of grant.  No board  member
has been granted options as part of this exercise.


Spectrum Interactive plc                 [phone]
Mark Lewarne, Chief Executive Officer
Phillip Congdon, Chief Financial Officer

Citigate Dewe Rogerson                   [phone]
Sarah Gestetner / George Cazenove

Seymour Pierce                           [phone]
Mark Percy



About Spectrum Interactive plc

Spectrum provides internet desks, WiFi hotspots, payphones and  other
related services to customers across the UK & Germany. The company is
a market leader in the provision  of public internet desks in the  UK
with a total of  1,900 units in  service (many of  these in the  UK's
busiest airports such as Heathrow) and, with the announced  agreement
with  Travelodge,  Spectrum  currently   operates  around  600   WiFi
hotspots, mostly in  hotels. Spectrum  also owns  and manages  around
7,500 payphones in the UK and Germany.

Spectrum's customers are spread across a wide range of market sectors
encompassing  locations  as  diverse  as  airports,  military  camps,
universities, hotels, hospitals and  other key travel locations,  and
its millions  of  regular end  users  benefit from  a  high  quality,
affordable and reliable service.

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